Chapter 421: Our Weapons
The scale of Ningbo Wharf is far greater than that of Baoshan Wharf, there are more than a dozen foreign ships moored, loading and unloading goods are extremely busy, and various languages are mixed together, Zhou Yanqi and Lin Youniang are looking at the past with great interest, and Zhou Xiuying also asked in a low voice: "Bush, which one is the cruise ship?" ”
To be honest, Wang Feng couldn't see it at all, except for the difference in the size of the ships, in his eyes, they were basically the same, all of them were sails, tall masts and chimneys, and various types of artillery were erected, perhaps due to the limitations of ship-building technology, except for the lookouts, the deck building was generally no more than two floors, Wang Feng couldn't help but look at Angelina.
Angelina looked at it for a moment and said: "Actually, all ships carry passengers, as long as you pay, the captain will not refuse, however, there is a ship over there with a PO logo on it, which is a ship belonging to the British PO cruise fleet."
Founded in 1837, the PO Cruise fleet specializes in carrying passengers and delivering international mail, and its routes are all over the world's seas. With that, he walked forward.
It was indeed fortunate that the ship sailed from Shanghai, stayed in Ningbo for half a day, and set off in the evening, passing through Hong Kong and Singapore, with a destination of Kolkata, which was the headquarters of the East India Company and the most important base of the East India Company in India, besides Mumbai.
At that time, there were only three types of rooms on cruise ships, one was the deck room, as the name suggests, that is, living above deck, but it was also the most expensive, and it was not something that ordinary Americans like Wang Feng could take. The other two are sea view rooms and cabin rooms, both below deck. Among them, the cabin room has no windows, and it is a large bunk for more than ten to twenty people. This kind of cabin, not to mention Angelina, Zhou Xiuying and Lin Youniang, the three women can't stand it, even Wang Feng doesn't want to take it, you know, squeezed into a small space with more than a dozen white men, safety is a problem, and more importantly, the smell can smoke people to death!
So Wang Feng booked two sea-view rooms, the so-called sea-view rooms. That is, distributed on both sides of the ship, there are windows but can not be opened, you can see the sea from the round glass, are double standard rooms, the area is not large, two narrow single beds, with their own shower toilet, the environment is still within the affordable range.
The price of the bow and stern of the ship is different, and the stern is close to the steam engine and engine. To be cheaper, in order not to be obtrusive, Wang Feng booked a room located in the middle of the ship, but the price was by no means cheap.
At the time. From Liverpool in the United Kingdom to New York in the United States, the ticket price is seven to ten pounds by Chase Bunk, that is, the cabin room. The sea view room is around 30 pounds, although the sea route from Shanghai to Kolkata is only more than 1,000 nautical miles from Liverpool to New York. However, the Far East route is obviously not as good as the Atlantic route, and the cost is also high. Wang Feng is five people here, and after bargaining, the ferry ticket can barely be repaid to one hundred and twenty pounds per person!
The total is six hundred pounds, which is equivalent to one thousand eight hundred taels of silver, which is only the money for the ferry ticket, and does not include food and drink.
At that time, the cruise ship, the facilities were not as perfect as modern times, there were no casinos, dance halls and other entertainment facilities for people to enjoy, its role was only to carry passengers and mail, and the sea at night was even darker, and even after watching for a long time, there would be some inexplicable hallucinations, so the best choice after dinner was to go back to the room.
Wang Feng took Angelina, Zhou Xiuying, Zhou Yanqi and Lin Youniang to have a British-style dinner in the dining room on the ship, and then returned to the room honestly. You can put it yourself in spicy soy sauce and the like, I put it wrong for the first time, oh! I'll never forget that taste, and I never want to taste it a second time. ”
Zhou Yanqi glanced at Lin Youniang and whispered: "Actually, sweets are okay, didn't you eat three pieces of fruit pudding?" My cream tea was also drunk by you, but the whiskey is not good, like a potion. ”
Angelina smiled and said: "Actually, the British food is not so bad, but the food on the ship is not authentic, and when you get to London, I will take you to taste it." ”
"Huh~~" Wang Feng smiled contemptuously: "In the UK, we can only eat the cheapest brown bread, so I advise you not to pick this and that, and enjoy it as soon as possible." ”
"Why?" Zhou Xiuying was puzzled.
Wang Feng opened the box, mysteriously took out a few pamphlets, handed them over, and said: "We want to mingle with the poorest workers in London, how can we blend into the ranks of workers by eating delicacies from the mountains and seas?" From now on, you have to use your free time to thoroughly read the contents of this book. ”
Angelina took it and said, "The communist manifesto? Bush, are you trying to stir up a communist storm in Britain? This is very dangerous, communists are not popular in European countries, and they can even be arrested by the secret police and thrown into prison. ”
Wang Feng Zhengse said: "The more unpopular, the more it is necessary to explain its necessity, and the task of our trip is to tell you now, it is precisely to use communism as a weapon to launch a workers' uprising in Britain, seize bourgeois power, and help the British workers establish a people's government under the dictatorship of the proletariat!" ”
"Oh!" Angelina screamed in disbelief: "Oh my God, I always thought you were going to carry out assassinations and terrorist attacks, but I didn't expect it to set off a workers' revolution, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of workers marching on the streets, it's too exciting, but I want to remind you that although the living conditions of workers in Britain are terrible, there is indeed a basis for revolution, but the British royal family and aristocracy have ruled Britain for hundreds of years, and it is deeply rooted, how can it be so easy to be overthrown?" ”
Wang Feng smiled slightly: "Most of Britain's military power is invested overseas, the local is very weak, and the British working class is brutally exploited by the capitalists, like a powder keg, burning at one point, what I need to do is to ignite the fire of revolution for Britain, if the British working class can be organized, there may not be no possibility of success, and the Scottish people have suffered from the enslavement and persecution of England for hundreds of years, maybe they will also wait for the opportunity to move."
Taking a step back, whether or not to overthrow the current British government has nothing to do with me, and my aim is only to confuse Britain and then drag the Crimean war back. ”
"Hmm!" Zhou Xiuying nodded vigorously: "This should be Wei Wei to save Zhao, right?" Fortresses are often breached from within, and if you succeed, Britain will be greatly weakened even if it does not change the dynasty, and will no longer have the strength to interfere in our Chinese affairs. (To be continued......)
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